"Many teachers attested to the power of authentic literacy activities. They reported that students came alive when they realized they were writing to real people for real reasons or reading real-life texts for their own purposes. Authentic literacy activities are related to greater growth in the ability to read and write new genres." The Reading Teacher Vol. 60, No. 4 December 2006/January 2007
Below our samples of our persuasive paragraphs. Children read different articles based on their Independent Reading Level. After reading we discussed the articles and decided what factual information we could to persuade others to help bats with White Nose Syndrome. Our goal was to educate our community using factual evidence, in a persuasive manner.
In my last post you saw the videos we created using their paragraphs. Being able to effectively communicate information is an important life skill. Often children have difficulty taking what they have read, organizing it, and then communicating it to others. With the use of graphic organizers in small group instruction students worked with me to learn how to write a persuasive paragraph. One of our ELA standards. My entire class did this at different instructional levels. I couldn't be more proud of the final product, their passion, and all their hard work!
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